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Children with congenital heart disease commonly experience delayed growth. Because
growth and development are closely related, both should beconsidered when a child’s progress
is examined.To evaluate the growth and development in young children, especially those with
congenital diseases, it is necessary to identify developmental delays and provide access to
early intervention (Chou et al., 2008). Specifically, even if the weight of a child with CHD is
normal at birth, their weight-to-height ratio decreases rapidly as they get older; this decrease is
particularly true for patients with cyanotic heart disease (Alderman, 2000). Developmental
milestones, including sitting, crawling, standing and walking, may be delayed (O’Brien & Smith,
2014). Results for gross motor development delay were consistent with those reported by
Loeffel (2008) and O’Brien and Smith (2014), gross motor development was significantly slower
in the children with CHD, children with CHD experience delayed growth because of possible
genetic influences, tissue hypoxia, reduced cardiac output, pulmonary hypertension, repeated
respiratory tract infections and malnutrition (Wu et al., 2008). In this case there will be a risk of
delay in gross and fine motor development, this will possible because there is an underlaying
aetiology of congenital heart disease with its complications, which may causing dysfunction of
central nervous system and musculoskeletal due to genetic influences, tissue hypoxia, reduced
cardiac output, pulmonary hypertension, repeated respiratory tract infections and malnutrition.
The counseling role of psychological and psychosocial support that can be done by
caregivers directly or indirectly involved in patient’s care is enormous. This support has a
strategic and important meaning in the effort to improve the quality and extend the life
expectancy of the patient. This is important because psychosocial support will affect physical
behavior and appearance, including individual body resilience (Areias et al., 2013). In this
patients counseling the patient's parents about the condition of the patient's illness, the
possibility of living as normally as possible, the importance of adherence to long-term treatment,
the worst possibility that can occur as a result of illness or long-term treatment, prognosis and
the importance of psychosocial support has been pursued through family and health personnel
who took care of her.